Within a 7-notes scale there is really a lot of different harmonies and chords hidden. Choose one of the notes and spin around it like a planet around the Sun. Jump on another planet and watch the rest six notes spinning, passing by, each with its own pace. Seems like it can continue endlessly: it […]
read moreCurrently I am writing set of pieces inspired by traditional music of Lapland. For that I use different pictures of Lapland as well as my personal memories from a solo concert tour there around two years ago. Sami music – traditional music of the place – is a very special one and, when sang, can touch […]
read moreThat’s an interesting question! I guess, many young “classical” composers break their heads on figuring out the answer. So do I… Here I would like to write about my vision of composing as a professional. Style of composing: “classical” or since word “classical” has very wide meaning (are we talking about Classicism period music – Mozart, for example, […]
read moreThe last exam is done! Two days ago I did my last exam: 54 page orchestration of Mozart’s piano sonata. Work will be sent to jury in Madrid (two other options were: Paris and Vienna). And even though I don’t know yet any results of all the exams, I turned on the “summer mode”. During […]
read moreToday had an amazing experience of playing and improvising Afghanistan traditional music together with great professionals: Homayun Sakhi on rubab, Siar Hashimi on tabla from Afghanistan and Abbos Kosimov on doyra from Uzbekistan. My guitar duo partner, some colleagues on Chinese flutes, another rubab and doyra. Very inspiring!
read moreToday I finished another new piece of mine for solo guitar. Here is a short background of the piece: When I was a small kid, my mother used to read me a lot of Russian fairy tales, when I went to bed: breathtaking adventures of strong knights and beautiful princesses, battles between good and evil, […]
read moreToday with my guitar duo partner we had a master class from amazing guitarist and teacher Arturo Tallini, who is an expert of modern and contemporary music. We played Piazzolla’s Tango Suite. He helped us to understand better the style of Piazzolla’s music by saying how one could approach this music (since it is quite specific), […]
read moreThree weeks ago I received a task from a teacher to compose a piece, using some composing tools of Bela Bartok. Thinking about the new piece and it’s structure I soon came up with an idea of a composition consisting of four small pieces, each of a different character. So next time at the lesson I […]
read moreEven though we played very well Piazzolla on our guitar duo exam and got high points for that, the best compliment for me was of Argentinian bandoneon player, who told us: it’s not necessary to travel back to Argentina to listen some nice tango music 😉
read moreOne month vacation is passing away! For me it meant (as always) working/studying on my own and preparing for some exams. Few new pieces are already under construction. Also, decided to learn write better poetry and more interesting texts for my songs, so currently dedicating some time it (texts yet in Russian, but soon will try also […]
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